Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-10
BRIEFLETS.

Peach ice cream at Krell & Maths.
1t is hot and dusty travelling these days.
Wanted first class cook, at CONNER
cial hotel
A fine line of fancy stationery at II.
Kingsbury's.
Kennedy's celebrated picnic crackers
and cakes at Mays.
Mr.. August Lift was in Rapids City
on business yesterday.
The Rodman Rifles leave for camp
Saturday instead of Monday.
Lemon, chocolate, vanilla and bisque
ice cream. at Krell & Maths
Capt. J. c. Pepper, of Aledo, was In
the city today on legal business.
The Behau- Bender South Rock Island
dog case has been smicsbly settled.
Miss A. Leary accompanied by her
sister, arrived from the east last evening
Mr. and Mrs F. NJ Sinnett and Miss
Jessie Snnett are visiting in LeClsire,
Iowa.
Just received, a fine lot of picked
lambs tongue in quart and pint jars, at
Mays.
The triscity committee on invitation to
President Cleveland meet at the Harper
house tonight.
Mr.. John Warner attained his seventy
third birthday yesterday and was heartily
congratulated by his friends on the event.
Parties and families upon short notice
with the best of ice cream and fruit ices
and at reasonable prices at Krell & Maths
Mrs. J. R. johnson and Misses Grace
Dart and Lizzie Kemble are preparing to
spend week at Linwood sulphur springs
below Davenport.
According to the report of the state
board of equalization, Rock Island
county is assessed this year s10.341
less than in 1886.
Several members of Trio and Rock
Island Lodges, A. F. & A. M, went out
to Coal Valley last night to assist in adj
ministering the third degree in Masonry
The St, Johns Singing society will D.
q picnic at Rings summer garden, SAT-
urday Aug. Goth, afternoon and evening.
Good music and dancing, and other at
fractions.
The next open air concert at the Watch
tower by the Great Western band of Dav-
export will take place Thursday evening.
Cars on the Rock Island & Milan road
will run to Rock Island after the concert
Arrangements have been completed BY
which Dr. G. L. Eyster becomes owner of
the Hoffmaster property on Second ave-
nue. between Eleventh and Twelfth
streets, and one of the finest homesteads
in the city
The U. P. Sunday school goes to Ca
dy's grove for its annual picnic tomor-
row. taking cars on the c., r. |. & P.
road. which will be backed down into
the Peoria yards, at the foot of Fifteenth
street
The Gilpin Hose Co, No. :, will hold
its second annual picnic on Sylvan island
Saturday, August 49, There will be
coupling contest at p. NJ. Ali the fire
compa nies of Moline and Rock Island
and their friends are invited
The next subscription concert in the
watch tower series by the Great Western
band of Davenport, will he given to-
morrow night. A selection from The
Mikado' will be given BY special request
Prof. Henry Upton. well known in
Rock Island, and brother of the author of
Upton's military tactics, died at Pierce,
Neb., last week He was one of the
finest mathematicians in the United
States.
Miss Cora Eldrige, so pleasantly re-
membered by her Rock Island friends as
the accomplished assistant at MIR. Bowl
bys concert while on a visit to her par
ents in East Davenport has returned to
Chicago to finish her musical course with
her teacher. S. G. Pratt.
The citizen who drove up to the post
office early this morning with the front
and rear wheels of his buggy transpos
ed, must have shocked himself by rising
before daylight to grease his buggy. He
confesses the buggy did not ride easily,
and he was unable to detect the difficulty
until his attention was called to it.
John Gunane, the grain operator who
was captured in Rock Island Monday, is |
probably the same man who attempted
the confidence game at the watch tower
Sunday. He was held in $500 bonds at
Davenport TO await trial. and went to jail
in default.
Why did not the Union SAY something
about the Stroeble ghost excitement this
morning? Was it because it was afraid
that other towns would profit by the
knowledge in time TO outbid u.s." or was
it because the back homeless old fossil did
not know of the affair until it came out